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It is undeniable that Billie Holiday's singing changed in her later years. Her
voice darkened an shifted to a lower range. Her economy of means distilled her
sound to its expressive essence -- a kind of heightened speech. The classic LP
Songs For Distingué Lovers, has also deepened and become burnished with time.
Maybe it's that still-arresting word distingué; maybe it's that iconic, tinted
image of Lady Day on the cover. This legendary LP features the singer's best
studio work of the Fifties.

Down Beat's West Coast editor John Tynan gave this a four star review, remarking
that it is, "...loose, utterly relaxed, a top flight solo work." The
great Lady Day is backed by Harry Edison's trumpet, Ben Webster on tenor sax,
Jimmy Rowles on piano, Barney Kessel on guitar, Red Mitchell on bass and Alvin
Stoller on drums.

"...because Billie is that rare artiste who cannot and will not have anything
to do with a song, which story doesn't meet with her understanding and approval;
literally, Billie tells her songs rather than sings them as far as the lyrics
are concerned, yet, withal, treating the melody as strikingly as any
instrumentalist." - Norman Granz